英语听书《海底两万里》第57期 第5章 冒险活动(12)

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　　日本本上就在高我们不及两百英里左右的下方。黑夜快到了。

　　Eight o'clock had just struck. Huge clouds covered the moon's disk, then in its first quarter. The sea undulated placidly² beneath the frigate's stempost.

　　船上正敲八点钟。一片片的乌云掩盖了上弦的新月。大海波纹在船后面平静地舒展着。

　　Just then I was in the bow, leaning over the starboard rail. Conseil, stationed beside me, stared straight ahead.

　　这时候，我倚在船头右舷围板上。康塞尔站在我的旁边，眼睛向前看着。

　　Roosting in the shrouds³, the crew examined the horizon, which shrank and darkened little by little. Officers were probing the increasing gloom with their night glasses.

　　全体船员，爬在缆素梯绳上面，细心考察渐渐缩小和沉黑了的天边。军官们拿着夜间用的望远镜，向渐次黑暗的各方搜索。

　　Sometimes the murky⁴ ocean sparkled beneath moonbeams that darted⁵ between the fringes of two clouds. Then all traces of light vanished into the darkness.

　　月亮有时从朵朵的云间吐出一线光芒，使沉黑的海面闪耀着光辉；一会儿又消逝在黑暗中了。

　　Observing Conseil, I discovered that, just barely, the gallant⁶ lad had fallen under the general influence. At least so I thought.

　　我看着康塞尔，看出他的情绪多少也受了船上一般的影响。至少我是这样感觉。也许，他的神经还是第一次在好奇心的力量下震动了。

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